Wednesday; hump day or pump day?

I am pretty busy trying to get this whole paleo thing organised- I feel like I've spent the last 2 days cooking ;)
I made an amazing, kick arse pumpkin and sweet potato soup which I tweaked with a little bit of freshly grated ginger, garlic, garam marsala and all spice. It was amazingly yummy (pics to follow when I get my shit together).
Then I cooked up about 1 1/2 kg of free range chicken fillets, a beef stew, chicken meatballs and sliced up a heap of veggies. I must admit, it has made life easier having so much stuff prepared beforehand.
My biggest stumbling block is breakfast. I have had a piece of sour dough toast and vegimite with a cup of tea every day for years and rarely do anything more filling or complex than that but now I am having to deal with eating something early in the day when I don't really feel like it.
Breakfast today was a banana, organic almond milk, WPI, a dash of maple syrup and a teaspoon of unsweetened cocoa and it was pretty bloody yummy but I don't know if I will be able to handle something like that every day. So we shall see.


Anyway, I did my second crossfit session today and feel great. It's funny, I feel so exhilarated after a work out, I just want to turn around and do it all again!
Looking forward to tomorrow's challenge.

Pumpkin soup

Ok basic pumpkin and sweet potato soup-
Dash of olive oil
Diced onion
Freshly grated ginger (around an inch or so)
A few cloves of garlic, crushed
Chicken stock or veggie stock (water's fine if you prefer, just adjust seasoning accordingly)
1 or 2 sweet potatoes peeled and cut into evenish sized chunks
1/2 to 1 medium sized pumpkin (i used 1/3 each of butternut, jap and some other variety) cut into chunks
Garam masala, all spice, sea salt, cayenne pepper and black pepper to taste

Saute onion in olive oil over low/medium heat until soft and transparent, add garlic and ginger, stir
Add pumpkin and sweet potato, stir
Add stock/water, stir and reduce heat
Bring to very slow simmer and stir occasionally until pumpkin etc is soft
Allow to cool and then blend until smooth
Place back in pot to heat and add spices, salt and pepper to taste
Serve hot with a bit of crumbled bacon on top :D

Tip; I buy cut pumpkin because i can see the colour, which should be rich and deep